Wyoming Area Catholic School recently held its annual Poetry Fair in which students in grades four through eight are invited to write an original poem. There were two levels – Varsity and Junior Varsity – and poems were judged by English teachers in a local school system. The criteria used by the judges were originality, style, mood, line endings and line breaks. From left, first row Ava Newman, varsity, second place; Anna Weiss, junior varsity, Honorable Mention; Katie Morgan, junior varsity, fourth place; Mark Talarico, junior varsity, Honorable Mention; Benecio Carpentier, junior varsity, first place. Second row, James Renfer, moderator; Jonathan Renfer, varsity, Honorable Mention; Callen McCarroll, varsity, third place; Ethan Kozden, varsity, Honorable Mention; Michael Tkach, varsity, fourth place; Carissa Benderavich, varsity, first place; Jaden Exter, junior varsity, second place.
